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Madras High Court Remands TNGST Section 73 Assessment Citing Section 16(5) Amendment, Skips Usual 25% Deposit in TMA Infrastructure vs. Assistant Commissioner of GST (W.P.(MD) No. 13380 of 2026)
Facts of the CaseM/s. TMA Infrastructure Private Limited (GSTIN 33AADCT8558Q1ZJ) challenged Order No. 11/2024-GST dated 23.04.2024, passed by the Assistant Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, Thanjavur Division, unde...
Mandamus to Consider GST Reimbursement Claim: Madras High Court Allows M/s. Om Sakthi Construction (W.P.(MD).No. 22749 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseM/s Om Sakthi Construction had executed road improvement works for the National Highways Department under Agreement No.30/2017-2018 dated 26.07.2017, for stretches of the Athur-Perambalur Road. It sought...
Calcutta High Court Rejects Bail for Manik Bhattacharya in West Bengal Recruitment Scam PMLA Case (C.R.M.(SB) 82 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThis is a Prevention of Money Laundering Act case with no GST dimension. Sri Manik Bhattacharya, former President of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education, sought bail under Section 439 CrPC in conn...
Not GST at All: Telangana High Court Allows Cheque-Bounce Revision Over Fabricated 'General Sales Tax' Invoice Stamps in G. Murali Mohan Rao vs. State of A.P. (Crl.R.C. No. 1469 of 2009)
Facts of the CaseThis is a criminal revision (filed under Sections 397 and 401 CrPC) by G. Murali Mohan Rao, a Visakhapatnam garment retailer, against his conviction under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1...
Service Tax, Not GST: Telangana HC Sets Aside Order-in-Original for Undelivered Hearing Notice in Apple Tree Educational Society (WP No. 27457 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThis case, despite arising in a GST Commissionerate and being adjudicated by "Central Tax" officers, actually concerns a pre-GST Service Tax demand, not GST itself — the impugned order carries an "-ST"...
Writ Petition Against GST Audit Report Held Premature: Orissa High Court Dismisses M/s. Shalimar Chemical Works (W.P.(C) No. 13540 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseM/s Shalimar Chemical Works (P) Ltd challenged an audit report dated 24.03.2023 issued by the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes and GST, Cuttack, and the consequential notice issued under Section 65(6) of...
Pre-GST Excise Matter: Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) Directs CENVAT Credit Relief in Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Sugars vs Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (W.P.(MD) No. 28508 of 2022)
Facts of the CaseThis dispute predates GST and concerns the Central Excise regime, even though the respondent department is now titled 'Commissioner of GST & Central Excise' following administrative restructuring. M/s. D...
Gauhati HC Dismisses Numaligarh Refinery's Jurisdiction Challenge Under the MSMED Act (WP(C)/7217/2022)
Facts of the CaseThis case has nothing to do with Goods and Services Tax – the reference to "GST Road" in the record is simply the name of a street in Chennai (Guindy) forming part of the postal address of the MSME Dev...
Vehicle Detention Dispute Sent Back to Tax Authority: Orissa High Court Disposes M/s Shri Veer Balaji Ally LLP (W.P.(C) No. 26281 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThe petitioner's vehicle (registration RJ 40 GA 5453), carrying battery scraps, was detained by the CT & GST authorities in Odisha on suspicion that the underlying transaction rested on fake document...
Withdrawn Without Reasons: Rajasthan High Court Disposes GST Council/GSTN Validity Review in Union of India vs. Tax Bar Association (D.B. Review Petition No. 51/2020)
Facts of the CaseThis D.B. Review Petition (Writ) No. 51/2020 arose out of earlier writ proceedings involving the Union of India, the State of Rajasthan, the GST Council, the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) and the...